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Slow starter
Things seem to have been a bit quiet as regards DOT output, at least in the places where I buy my beer. Of the cans, Note pale ale is among the most recent, and that came out in November. 4% ABV with...
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Brew, bruv?
While we wait for the grand opening of O Brother's new taproom outside Greystones, they still pop the occasional can out, and not just for Aldi. Latest in the independent trade is Bookends, an amber...
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Traun: Legacy
The solidly Bavarian Traunstein beers have been available in these parts for a while, though I don't make much use of them. When UnderDog had a pair on tap simultaneously I had two thoughts: that I'll...
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Paddy's pales
It's time for 2025's first random round-up of pale ales from Irish breweries. And on our national day too. Let's see who's willing to stick their necks out and represent hoppy Irish beer in 2025. I've...
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No Rec commendations
A new brewery for me today: the abruptly named Rec, from Barcelona. The first tranche of beers included a variety of styles but I picked just two to give me an impression of how they go about their...
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Hop and change
Today I'm catching up with my late winter beers from The White Hag, all in hop-forward styles, as is the brewery's wont.The first is Swell, claiming to be no more than a classic American-style pale...
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Doing it properly
I guess it's because the annual Spring Beer Festival at JD Wetherspoon falls close to International Women's Day that they've used it in the past to highlight female brewers. This year I didn't see any...
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Supplemental
As promised on Monday, an assortment of cask ales which I found in and around the recent JD Wetherspoon beer festival, but which weren't actually part of it.Acorn's Old Moor is where we start. This is...
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The state of the art
"This could be a review of a beer you’ve enjoyed, or perhaps one you haven’t." O the temptation to just slap the Session badge on a pre-existing draft post and deem the job done. Critiquing beers is,...
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Lash in the hops
Today's selection is from the haze merchants at Whiplash and is end-to-end haze, of a variety of sorts. Can't have too much haze, right?The brewery has form on doing good low-strength hop-forward beer,...
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Ketchup, catsup...
The Jesuitical analysis of comparable beer styles never ceases to amuse and bemuse me, bless all the dear pedants who take such things seriously. Before us today is the question of how a "dry-hopped...
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What's going on?
Three beers from Galway Bay are the subject today, beginning with Figo, a pilsner which they've deemed to be in the Italian style. That means extra hoppiness, inasmuch as I understand the term. It's a...
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Secrets and mysteries
Time for another peep into the Guinness brand home's experimental brewery, or at least it was last month. Here's what I found.Open Gate has a remit to name its small batch beers after local places and...
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Creatures feature
Larkin's remains something of an enigma in Irish brewing. It didn't feature on here at all in 2024, last seen just before Christmas the previous year. Today's beers are new-release and bear the address...
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Back in business
I spoke a bit too soon when I complained that there hadn't been many new DOT beers in my line of sight this year so far. Before that was even published, there were four more to add to my to-drink list,...
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Belgians abroad
The influence of Belgium on the brewing world spreads far and wide. I noticed this on opening my beer fridge recently. Here are three beers from three different countries, all taking their cue from...
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